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A. J. STEWART.

BREAST STRAP.

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No. 391,722. Patented 001;. 23, 1888..

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FFlCEt ADONIRAM J. STEWART, OF OHILLIOOTHE, MISSOURI.

B BEAST-STRAP.

.SPLECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,722, dated October 23, 1888.

Application filed March 2, 1888. Serial No. 265,911. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADONIRAM J. STEWART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chillicothe, in the county of Livingston and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Breast-Straps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. My invention relates to improvements in breast-straps for harness, and has for its object to provide a new and simplified construction thereof, whereby the neck-yoke may be readily,

and quickly detached, as will hereinafter be fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which corresponding parts are designated by similar letters, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my invention, showing a link partly unhooked, and Fig. 2 is a detail of the links.

Straps A A, which, when in use, are fastened to the hames, have upon one end links B, formed of suitable material, the said links having upon one side of their outer ends rounded projections b, as shown in Fig. 2, thus causing the said outer ends to be of a greater size than the sides thereof. The slide-piece O, which passes through the ring on the end of the neckyoke, has its two ends turned back and outward in such a manner as to form loops 0 for receiving the links, and is of such a width as to enter between the sides I) b, one of which sides maybe of the same diameter as the outer ends of the links. The openings 0, leading to the said loops, are of such a size as to prevent the outer ends of the links 13 passing therethrough, but are of a sufficient size to permit the passage of that side, I), of the link which has the smaller diameter.

When it is desired to unlock my invention and release the neck-yoke, one of the links B is turned around until it assumes a position along the outside of the slide-piece O, and is then moved sidewise. In so doing one of the sides of the link passes through the opening 0, and the neck-yoke is then released by remov ing the ring on the end thereof from off the slide-piece. In attaching the neck-yoke this operation is reversed. The advantages of this mode of unlocking the neck-yoke are obvious. It saves snapping the end of the breaststrap back into the ring of the hames on one side and on the other it avoids the inconvenience of having the breaststrap swinging at full length from the side of the hames to which it remains attached. At the same time there is no liability of such detachment while the breast-strap is in use, as the link cannot get into the position for sliding out of the loop of the slidepiece.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a breaststrap, the herein-described combination ofstraps,links fastened to the ends thereof, the outer ends of the said links being of greater diameter than the sides, and a slidepiece having loops upon the ends thereof, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In the hereindescribed fastener for harness, the combination of a link having one of its ends of a greater diameter than its sides, a slide-piece, and loops or hooks upon the ends thereof for receiving the said links, substantially as and for the purpose described.

,In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADONIRAM J. STEWART.

\Vitnesses:

(inns. D. HURXTHAL, J. M. FRAZEE. 

